Codejock Developer Community : how good "should" things work? http://forum.codejock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:21:38 +0000 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 06:27:31 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 forum.codejock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=10080 <![CDATA[Codejock Developer Community]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_images/codejock-logo.gif http://forum.codejock.com/ <![CDATA[how good "should" things work? : We ourselves are very happy with...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10080&PID=33181&title=how-good-should-things-work#33181 Author: terrym
Subject: 10080
Posted: 06 April 2008 at 6:27am

We ourselves are very happy with this control even thou now we have moved some popup messages :) to the new CXTPMessageBar's due to how cool they look.  Eg. to tell user a software update is available.

CTPMessageBar was added to XTP 12 and is in beta but very stable so far for us.
 
Cheers
Terry
 
]]> Sun, 06 Apr 2008 06:27:31 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10080&PID=33181&title=how-good-should-things-work#33181 <![CDATA[how good "should" things work? : Take software like Kaspersky Antivirus....]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10080&PID=33098&title=how-good-should-things-work#33098 Author: znakeeye
Subject: 10080
Posted: 04 April 2008 at 10:37am

Take software like Kaspersky Antivirus. It also shows popups with the same "bug" as XTP:s popup control. The same goes for many other worldwide-spread applications.
 
Hence, the popup control has the quality one would expect.
]]> Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:37:22 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10080&PID=33098&title=how-good-should-things-work#33098 <![CDATA[how good "should" things work? : I was really looking for the most...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10080&PID=33078&title=how-good-should-things-work#33078 Author: scruzer
Subject: 10080
Posted: 04 April 2008 at 8:18am

I was really looking for the most philosophical answer, I guess.

Why make a popup class which only does part of the work? 

Don't get me wrong, I am happy with what the toolkit does.  I just kinda assume that I don't have to fix things for the tookit, too. 
]]> Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:18:12 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10080&PID=33078&title=how-good-should-things-work#33078 <![CDATA[how good "should" things work? : Him There is public method...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10080&PID=33072&title=how-good-should-things-work#33072 Author: Oleg
Subject: 10080
Posted: 04 April 2008 at 7:46am

Him
 
There is public method SetPopupPos that you can call and show popup where you want.
]]> Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:46:26 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10080&PID=33072&title=how-good-should-things-work#33072 <![CDATA[how good "should" things work? : I find myself scratching my head...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10080&PID=33068&title=how-good-should-things-work#33068 Author: scruzer
Subject: 10080
Posted: 04 April 2008 at 5:33am

I find myself scratching my head sometimes, trying to deal with an issue presented by this software.
 
I've been playing with "CXTPopupControl", and have even released it in my software.
 
But, I find myself finding bugs in this software -- things that one might expect it to "just do"....
 
Personally, I'd expect this popup control to be a toaster windows that pops up on top of the system tray.
 
In a basic situation, this is true.  But if anything unusual happens, then this is no longer true. 
 
For example, if someone changes the resolution on their monitor, while the application is running.  Then all of a sudden the popup displays in the wrong place.
 
Another example, is when the user places their tray at the top of the screen... 
 
I can and will fix these problems myself.  But it leads me to question why...  and how much to assume from this toolkit?
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